The Online Book of Baseball History

They Were There: Hal NaragonHal Naragon recalls signing underaged with Bill Veeck and the Indians, handling star pitchers from behind the plate, and his eye-opening experience moving with the Washington Senators to Minnesota.

Researching The Comebacker, Our Baseball Diary
Since 2008, we've provided a day-by-day account of everything related to Major League Baseball, and then some. Go back into recent times and relive (or learn, for the first time) baseball as it happened.

A Look Back on April, 2019The Month That Was in Baseball: Home runs are flying out of the park at a record rate, again; Albert Pujols moves into third place on the all-time RBI list—or is it really fifth place? Did MLB disresepct Jackie Robinson on Jackie Robinson Day? Whit Merrifield makes a run at Joe DiMaggio, but settles for George Brett. All of this and much more—including our picks for the Best and Worst of the season through the end of April, check it out!

Baseball 2019: This Great Game’s Fearless PredictionsHave major league teams made our jobs of predicting this year’s winners and losers easier? Will the precious few teams who've actually made improvements—while most everyone else sits it out until 2020 or beyond—benefit in the standings for the upcoming season? Check out what we think, and see if you agree.

The Ballparks: Forbes FieldRemoved from downtown Pittsburgh’s choking smoke and untamed rivers, elegant Forbes Field was built in a vernal, cultural paradise on the outskirts of town, where three was the magic number—from three Pirates world titles to Babe Ruth’s last three homers to the last tripleheader to all those triples. Wagner, Kiner and Clemente could all agree that excitement was never in short supply at the Old Lady of Schenley Park.

2018 Wrenching With TraditionSaddled with a small payroll, lousy ballpark and small crowds, the Tampa Bay Rays think out of the box and develop the concept of "bullpenning," a potentially revolutionary method that works—and therefore gets the attention of other major league teams.

MLB’s Five Most Handicapped Franchises
Not all baseball teams are created equal. Front offices are sometimes to blame, but there are some teams stuck with handicaps that are not of their own making. Some of these obstacles can be overcome. Others can’t. Here are five teams whose external long-term burdens are among the heaviest.

The 10 Greatest Boston Red Sox HittersMookie Betts has emerged into one of the finest hitters to wear a Boston uniform, but has he yet to crack this list of stellar talents topped by the likes of Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski and Jim Rice? Find out now!